Constitution Flashcards

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Emancipation

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Setting free from servitude or slavory

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Chattles

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An article of personal or movable property; hence the term applied to slaves, because they were considered the personal property of their owners

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Abolitionist

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An advocate of the end of slavery

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Speculators

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Those who buy property, goods, or financial is shipments not primarily for the use but in anticipation for profitable resale after general rise in value

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Townships

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In America, a survey territory 6 mile Square; the term also refers to a unit of local government, smaller than a country, that is often based on the survey units

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Territory

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In American government, and organized political entity not yet enjoying the full and equal status of the state

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Annex

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To make a smaller territory or political unit part of a larger one

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Quorum

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The minimum number of persons who must be present in a group before can conduct valid business

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Anarchy

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The theory that formal government is unnecessary and wrong in principle; the term is also used generally for lawlessness and anti-governmental disorder

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10
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Bicameral

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Referring to a legislative body with two houses

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Unicameral

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Referring to a legislative body with one house

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12
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Bill of rights

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A list of fundamental freedoms assumed to be central to society

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Disestablish

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To separate an official state church from its connection with the government

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